Tag: solidarity
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The Warmth Fund: Solidarity Response to Extreme Cold in Chicago
By Chicago Black Rose/Rosa Negra In an unprecedented cold front that started Tuesday night and continued through Wednesday, January 30th, extreme temperatures in the negative teens with a real feel effect of negative 40’s, most of Chicago was hunkered down inside. And for good reason–at these temperatures someone can get frostbite after being outside for…
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From Attica to Lee: Strike Against Prison Slavery
Black Rose/Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation Statement of Solidarity With the 2018 National Prison Strike On the 187th anniversary of the Nat Turner rebellion and the 47th anniversary of the assassination of George Jackson in his attempt to escape San Quentin prison, prisoners across the country have started a nationwide prison strike for the abolition of…
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Syrian War in Year 7: The Age of Cyber Warfare
We are reposting this critical analysis of the struggle over representation of the Syrian Revolution online which engages with pro-Assad and pro-Russia vantage points, as well as ‘neutral’ and pro-solidarity perspectives. This was originally published by the Alliance of Middle Eastern Socialists, 13 April 2018. By Anonymous We have now entered the 7th year of the…
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Brazil: Interview on the Assassination of Marielle Franco
Brazil has been rocked this past week over the political assassination of Marielle Franco, a prominent Black, feminist and socialist activist in Rio de Janeiro. Franco was also an elected councilor in the Municipal Chamber of Rio de Janeiro and having grown up in a favela neighborhood, the dense informal settlements of the poor and…
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Marielle Franco, Presente! – Political Murder and State Terrorism in Brazil
We republish this urgent statement of solidarity by our compañerxs with the Coordenação Anarquista Brasileira (CAB) on the political assassination of Black socialist activist Marielle Franco. Statement By Coordenação Anarquista Brasileira (CAB) / Anarchist Coordination of Brazil On the night of Wednesday, March 14, after leaving a debate with other Black women in the Rio de…
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An Organizer We Need: Fundraiser for Lorenzo Komboa Ervin
By BRRN Social Media Team Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin is a former member of the Black Panther Party and wrote the seminal text “Anarchism and the Black Revolution” while incarcerated as a political prisoner. His writings, which first circulated in the 1990s, continue to inspire many anarchists today. But most importantly his on-the-ground community organizing in the…
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CAN Statement in Support of Tariq Khan
We reprint this statement by the Campus Anti-Fascist Network out of solidarity with our Black Rose/Rosa Negra comrade, Tariq Khan, who has been experiencing a smear campaign led by Turning Point, USA and supported by the alt-right. Please consider writing a brief email in support to campus administrators. By Campus Anti-Fascist Network (CAN) TO: Assistant…
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DefendJ20 – Fight the Charges, Build the Movement!
A Statement by the BRRN Anti-Criminalization Committee On January 18th, two days before the one year anniversary of the J20 demonstrations, the Attorney’s Office in Washington, DC dismissed all charges against 129 defendants who were arrested during the Inauguration Day protests last year. While this is a victory for friends, families, and defendants who showed…
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Resisting an Attack on Immigrants in Irondequoit
It was a chilly Thursday evening around 10pm when the reports started circulating on social media that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had kidnapped a family of undocumented people in Geneseo, right on the campus. Students confronted ICE, capturing the encounter on video, and news reached networks of organizers and activists in Rochester. Intel was…
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Welcome to the Party, Liberals!
With the election of Donald “Orange is the New White” Trump, there has been a new outpouring of social justice activity across the United States. The Women’s March, airport demonstrations in support of immigrants and refugees, the People’s Climate March, millions of dollars in new donations to the American Civil Liberties Union are all part…